Rebels fall to La Salle in NCAA Tourney

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.

Rebels fall to La Salle in NCAA Tourney

Kansas City, MO-La Salle guard Tyrone Garland knocked down a layup with two seconds left to lift the 13th seeded Explorers to a 76-74 win over Ole Miss in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.

Ramon Galloway led La Salle with 24 points. 12th seeded Ole Miss led 74-72 with two minutes to go, but couldn’t reach its goal of the sweet sixteen. Rebels guard Marshall Henderson, who led Ole Miss with 21 points, couldn’t get a decent shot off in the final minute before a shotclock violation gave La Salle the ball for the final shot.

Senior Murphy Holloway had 14 points for Ole Miss in his final game as a Rebel. Ole Miss finished the season at 27-9. That ties the school record for most wins in a season.